Teachers 'Should Pass MoTs Or Face The Sack'

Teachers should be licensed and will face the sack if they fail to pass checks on their abilities, the Labour party has said. Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said he wants teachers to be reviewed every few years to improve standards in England's...

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Armed Forces Launch New Recruitment Drive

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent The British Armed Forces have launched a new recruitment campaign in an attempt to reverse the dwindling number of new entrants, particularly to the Army Reserve. Television, radio, cinema and print adverts...

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Parking Tickets: Five-Minute Grace Period Plan

By Tadhg Enright, Sky News Reporter A five-minute grace period for motorists who overstay their parking is on a list of proposals being considered by the Government to make parking enforcement fairer. Many councils say they already allow motorists...

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Record Online Xmas Sales Boost Festive Figures

Increasing use of tablets and smartphones and speedy delivery times are the major factors behing a sharp rise in online shopping before Christmas. Web sales growth accelerated to 19.2% compared with the same month in 2012 - the fastest rate for more...

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Third Of Drivers Admit To Nodding Off At Wheel

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent Almost a third of drivers admit to "nodding off" behind the wheel, according to a survey. A poll by road safety charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line has found that nearly half of men (45%) say...

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Cause Of Charles' Chopper Emergency Revealed

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent The cause of a helicopter's "hairy" emergency landing involving Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall has been published by air accident investigators. The incident in May last year occurred as the royal...

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NHS 'Bed Blocking' Reaches Three-Year High

By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent The number of NHS patients 'bed blocking' has reached its highest level in three years. Statistics show towards the end of 2013 the amount of "delayed transfers of care" were higher than the same period...

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Sheffield: Family Jailed Over 'Slave' Beatings

Three members of a family have been jailed for keeping a vulnerable man as a "slave" and subjecting him to daily beatings. Ice cream man David Rooke, 44, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail after admitting falsely imprisoning and assaulting...

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Hundreds Of NHS Direct Staff Face Job Losses

Hundreds of people working for NHS Direct, a failed provider to the NHS helpline, have been told that they face losing their jobs. NHS Direct announced in July that it was planning to pull out of its contracts due to severe financial problems. In October...

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Obese Pregnant Women 'Putting Strain On NHS'

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent NHS chiefs have ordered the first official survey of older and fatter mums giving birth following new evidence that maternity units are under increasing pressure from complex pregnancies. Figures...

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Britain Braced For More Floods And Chaos

A violent storm brewing in the Atlantic is set to bring more flooding and travel chaos today as Britain returns to work after the Christmas holidays. The weather conditions that brought misery over the festive period continued to prove treacherous at...

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Hull 'Explosives' Find: Boy Among Three Held

A 15-year-old boy and two adults have been arrested after suspected explosive substances were found at a house in Hull. Army bomb disposal experts were called to the terraced council property in Kilnsea Grove, in the east of the city, on Sunday along...

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Weather: Risk Of Flooding As More Rain Arrives

The UK is bracing for more storms, high tides and gale-force winds on Sunday as communities already hit by a trail of devastation begin to assess the damage. More than 200 homes have been flooded along the west of the UK from Cornwall to Scotland, with...

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CJD: Mother Calls For Widespread Test In UK

By Stephen Douglas, Sky News Reporter MPS have launched an inquiry to check the safety of donor blood after hearing new evidence on the human form of mad cow disease. The Commons Science and Technology Committee was responding to a study that revealed...

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